Employee was moving material while operating wheel loader, drove over a pot hole, immediately applied foot brake causing loader to come to sudden stop. Employee felt a strain in lower back area and was taken to local Urgent Care for observation and diagnosed with strain of muscle to lower back and placed on light duty.
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Showing all 4While operating empty haul truck, employee drove over bump in road entering shovel cut that jarred lower back section causing soreness and pain to lower back area. Two days later on 9/10/15, employee was still sore and taken for observation and diagnosed with lumbar strain.
Employee received a strain to lower back area when the Komatsu WA450-5L wheel loader he was operating hit a pot hole causing sudden jarring. Employee was taken to hospital for observation, given a steroid injection, then returned to work with no restrictions.
Employee was operating haul truck TR604 and started experiencing chest pains. After parking haul truck employee descended haul truck, called foreman, and then taken to local hospital for observation.